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+---
+layout: guide
+section: guide
+role: page
+order: 60
+toc: true
+title: Advanced Tests
+label: Advanced Tests
+description: |
+  Advanced Tests
+---
+
+## Advanced Tests
+
+{:.toc}
+## Test Execution Options
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test, retries, slow, timeout } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite
+class Suite {
+
+  @test(retries(5))
+  @timeout(1500)
+  retried(done) {
+  
+    setTimeout(done, 100);
+  }
+  
+  @test(slow(1000), timeout(2000))
+  @retries(2)
+  slow(done) {
+  
+    setTimeout(done, 2500);
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+### retries {% include support-mocha.html %}
+
+`retries` can be used as either a decorator or passed as a parameter to the `@test` decorator.
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test, retries } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite
+class Suite {
+
+  @test(retries(2))
+  @retries(2)
+  retried() {
+  
+    throw new Error('failed');
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+### slow {% include support-mocha.html %}
+
+`slow` can be used as either a decorator or passed as a parameter to the `@test` decorator.
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test, slow } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite(slow(2000))
+@slow(2000)
+class Suite {
+
+  // ...
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+### timeout {% include support-all.html %}
+
+`timeout` can be used as either a decorator or passed as a parameter to the `@test` decorator.
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test, timeout } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite(timeout(2000))
+@timeout(2000)
+class Suite {
+
+  // ...
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+## Suite Naming {% include support-all.html %}
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite("a custom name for a suite")
+class Suite {
+
+  @test
+  test() {
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+## Pending Suites {% include support-all.html %}
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite.pending("a pending suite")
+class Suite {
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+## Skipping Suites {% include support-all.html %}
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite.skip("a skipped suite")
+class Suite {
+
+  @test
+  test() {
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+## Focused Suites {% include support-all.html %}
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+@suite.only("a focused suite")
+class Suite {
+
+  @test
+  test() {
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+## Static Lifecycle Hooks {% include support-all.html %}
+
+`Testdeck` supports static test lifecycle hooks, namely `before` and `after`, which are equivalent to the `beforeAll` 
+and `afterAll` test lifecycle hooks found in either of the supported test frameworks. 
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+import * as k8s from '@kubernetes/client-node';
+
+@suite
+class Suite {
+
+  private static k8sApi;
+
+  static before(): Promise<any> {
+    
+    const kc = new k8s.KubeConfig();
+    kc.loadFromDefault();
+    
+    Suite.k8sApi = kc.makeApiClient(k8s.Core_v1Api);
+    
+    const namespace = {
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'test'
+      }
+    };
+    
+    return Suite.k8sApi.createNamespace(namespace).then(
+      (response) => {
+      
+        // ... fire up some pods (kafka/zookeeper, microservice consumer/producer)
+      }, (err) => {
+      
+        return Promise.reject(err);
+      }
+    );
+  }
+
+  @test
+  integrationTest() {
+
+    // send some message via kafka
+    
+    // consume and test expected events from kafka topic
+  }
+
+  static after(): Promise<any> {
+
+    const k8sApi = Suite.k8sApi;
+    Suite.k8sApi = null;
+
+    // tear down pods and namespace
+
+    const namespace = {
+      metadata: {
+        name: 'test'
+      }
+    };
+
+    return k8sApi.deleteNamespace(namespace).then(
+      (response) => {
+      
+        // ... 
+      }, (err) => {
+      
+        return Promise.reject(err);
+      }
+    );
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}
+
+
+{:.toc}
+## Instance Lifecycle Hooks {% include support-all.html %}
+
+`Testdeck` also supports instance level test lifecycle hooks, which also go by the names `before` and `after`. These
+hooks are the equivalent to the `beforeEach` and `afterEach` test lifecycle hooks found in either of the supported test
+frameworks.
+
+{% highlight TypeScript linenos %}
+import { suite, test } from '@testdeck/mocha';
+
+import { NgLangParser } from '../src/NgLangParser';
+
+@suite
+class Suite {
+
+  private cut: NgLangParser;
+
+  before() {
+  
+    this.cut = new NgLangParser();
+  }
+
+  @test
+  mustParseEmptyString() {
+
+    this.cut.parse("");
+  }
+
+  after() {
+
+    this.cut = null;
+  }
+}
+{% endhighlight %}